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Personal Touch Friday, Decembor 19, 1941 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 2 'Khingibn. Bratling President’s War Message r fx. (X fv.fv.D. r. (t.fv. p. r.fv* n* r* a * Defenders of Malaya ANOTHER ; A General Quiz (A. <V. (As <X. (V. fb. (A. (N. (V. (X. fX. (V- (K. ft. ft. ft. <X. The Queitiona Washington. II. C. HIDDEN TREASURE With American industries crying for war materials, the government has finally got around to seizing a giant horde of semi-manufactured war materials originally intended for the conquered countries. Tons upon tons of steel bars, steel rods, steel sheets, ship plates, tin plate, copper wire were ordered by Poland, Czechoslovakia. Holland and Belgium, some of it three years •go. It has been in warehouses and idle freight cars ever since, despite the scarcity of raw materials and despite the fact that some indus Instead of sending her pres tries are even closing for lack of ents through the mails, this them. young lady prefers to deliver Why this horde of priceless ma them herself. It adds a personal terial remained untouched for so touch that is greatly appreciated long is a mystery. But the secret is first, government red tape and by friends on Christmas day. bureaucracy; second, the fact that owners of these materials, who were holding them for higher prices, did not want to sell. The old Export Control board un der Gen. Russell Maxwell, who is View of house of representatives in session as II voted unanimously now devoting his abilities to the Near East, did nothing about this that a state of war existed between this country and Germany and treasure horde. But now Henry Italy. President Roosevelt sent a brief message asking congress to rec That harbinger of the holiday sea ognize a state of war with Germany and Italy. The message was read son. the cheerful Christmas Seal, Wallace’s Economic Defense board oarely four hours after Germany and Italy announced declarations against is finally moving in. has recently made its appearance A small haul was made earlier the United States. Speaker Sam Rayburn presiding (seated at base of as the National Tuberculosis asso ciation opened its annual drive for this year in Hoboken, N. J., of alu American flag). funds to continue work in the pre minum and other materials, but the vention and cure of this dread dis coming seizures are on a far great- er scale. Of one commodity alone, ease. ,The idea of the sale of seals to tin plate, there will be 100,000 cases, aid the fight against or 15,000 tons, taken from three areas. New York, Philadelphia, and ; tuberculosis origi nated in Denmark Baltimore. The total haul of all commodities in 1903 The follow ing year the first will be between 20 and 25 thousand seals were sold. The carloads, which, at an average of idea gained almost 50 tons to the car. means over a immediate popular million tons. ity and soon spread The Economic Defense board will to neighboring coun use only $200,000 to finance the tries. requisitioning of all this material, I Christmas seals appeared in the the value of which runs into many United States in millions. Most of it will be seized : 1907 when Miss Em and sold again on the same day, so < ily P. Bissel of the the $200.000 will be merely a re Wilmington, Del., volving fund. • • • Red Cross chapter designed a seal that INTERNED ITALIANS was sold locally. One of the Italian ship officers in The campaign was detention at Fort Missoula, Mont., so successful that ; wrote his wife in Italy a letter the next year the National Red i which U. S. officials are sure will Army heads are shown above as they studied and discussed war Cross adopted the idea and conduct i never reach her. plans and maps in Washington. They are, I., to It.: Col. E. P. Sorenson, ed a nation-wide campaign. From The letter will get to Italy, all then until 1919 the Red Cross con right Mail is still being exchanged Material and Supply division; Lieut. Col. II. L. George, Air War Plans; tinued the annual Christmas Seal regularly between the two coun Brig. Gen. C. Spaatz, Chief of Air Staff; Maj. Gen. II. II. Arnold, distribution. In their last year the tries. But authorities are certain Air Corps Chief; Ma). II. Hansell, Air War Plans; Brig. Gen. M. Scanlan. returns had risen to nearly that the officer’s letter will not get Chief of Staff, Air Intelligence; and Lieut. Cel. A. Vanaman. Secretary of $4.000,000. by II Duce's censors, for. in hungry, Air Staff. Beginning with 1920 the National battered, war-weary Italy this Tuberculosis asso poignant message would not be H elation began distri ‘‘good propaganda.” bution of the seals This is the reason: “We left Philadelphia for the city of Missoula,” wrote the husband. ‘The journey lasted three days and three nights on a train and was a real pleasure. We did not lack a The designs of these thing because we traveled in a Pull stamps have been man. At meal times we turned it the work of promi into a dining room and, at night nent artists who into a dormitory, The meals were have interpreted magnificent. the Christmas spirit ‘‘I can tell you that for me the each in his own way. journey was one I had dreamed of In addition to tile United State.*- for years and then, in an extraor- approximately 40 other countries dinary way, it came true. As I have adopted the Christmas seal for said before, this place is beautiful. raising anti-tuberculosis funds. all green with woods and surround ed by hills. The air is fine and Uncle Sam will soon make profits healthy, my appetite very good and by selling Christmas presents sent the food abundant and exquisite. through the mails, but he would “We do not lack milk, butter, much rather deliver them—and he meat, bread, vegetables, fruit, would, if he knew where they were sugar or coffee. When I am eating supposed to go. I always think of you, who are per American people are so rich and haps without food. No one can in such a hurry that they don’t even complain about the guards. They take the pains to see that their gift» treat us with every respect and sent by mail are properly wrapped consideration. ” and addressed. Of course, all are Note: To Americans the effusive not careless about it, but the post description of the food as "abun men do have a hard time during dant and exquisite” is interesting, the holidays. because the alien prisoners at Fort Extra mail clerks receive millions Missoula are fed straight army of dollars in wages, and a good fare. In quality and quantity share of this extra force is kept busy their rations are exactly the same handling poorly wrapped and im as those of U. S. soldiers. properly addressed packages. Many • • • thousands of Christmas gifts will SCRAP IRON TO JAPAN be sold because they contain no Uncle Sam will now step up its stride in shipbuilding, and new records For years, the heaviest foreign clew concerning their sender or the will be set. This soundphoto shows the launching of two destroyers at buyer of U. S. scrap iron was Japan. intended destination. The "unad- the Charleston, S. C., navy yards, the No. 634 U.S.S. Iloran, which was dressed” department of the inquiry Despite much public protesting, the named for the hero of the cable-cutting feat in the Spanish-American state department permitted Nippon section of the post office in large ese militarists to import huge quan war, and the No. 635, U.S.S. Earle. cities resembles a warehouse. tities of this vital strategic materi Some gifts cannot be held long, al. Now appeasement chickens are such as alligators from Florida, live coming home to roost. chickens, turkeys, or fruits. These With defense production swinging are quickly sold and the sale price into full tide, the U. S. suddenly is held in a fund which is ultimately confronted with a serious scrap turned into the treasury. When ah shortage. For various reaapns, de efforts have been exhausted, the un fense chiefs are saying nothing identified and unclaimed packages about the situation. But it is very are sold by an auctioneer. acute, A number of steel makers have privately reported curtailed Wrong Use production schedules in the offing The name Kriss Kringle is some because of inability to obtain need- times erroneously used to designate id supplies of scrap. Santa Claus. Kriss Kringle is a cor One important plant executive ruption of the German Christ-kindel went so far as to describe his con the Christ-child. dition as "almost desperate.” First Christmas Seals Originated in Denmark To Fight Tuberculosis Army Heads Discuss War Plans Uncle Sam’s Newest Destroyers ' ; j | . The Aniuitri This picture shows part of a bat talion of the Dogra (Indian troops) a* they crossed a lake on rubber boats, near the Important British base of Singapore. They are de fending Malaya against the invad ing hordes of Japanese. Deliver a ‘Note’ j Mountain Beauty Christmas in the Swiss mountains is full of scenic enchantment and poetry. Every hamlet and every village is a wondrous vision in white, with its fleckless beauty still accentuated by the sapphire blue of the sky. I’lopl. ’s Will of the German embassy In Wash ington (left) and Herbert Von Strempel of the embassy, deliver a note from their government an nouncing that war now exists be tween Germany and the United States. In Defense of Java • In NR (Nature’s Remedy) Tablets, there are no chemicals, no minerals, na phenol derivatives. NR Tablets are dif ferent— ad difl erent. 1‘urtly ft triable—a combination of 10 vegetable ingredients formulated over 50 years ago. Uncoated or candy coated, their action is <lr|M-nd- able, thorough, yet gentle, as millions of NR’s have proved. Get a 21^ bos today ... or larger economy size. Tip on Toys To be in demand, toys should be educational, full of action, or dupli- cates of large articles. Most toys used through the ages fall into one of these three categories. T&w... CANBY COATIO MR T0MI6HT; TOMORROW ALRI0HT Hearing Ills We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without be ing overcome by them.—Juvenal. One of a large fleet of U. S. Brewster Buffalo fighters used by the air force of Netherlands East Indies for the defense of Java. The Buffalo has a top speed of 350 Mi’ll, and a range of 2,500 miles. Its armament consists of four 50-caliber machine guns. Partial Blackout Four Japanese cherry trees, symbols of bygone friendship between the United States and Japan, were cut down by zealous patriots near the inlet bridge of the Tidal Basin early today. The trees were four of the largest that surround the basin. Photo shows a park policeman inspecting the damage done during a temporary blackout. /MIDDLE-AGEv WOMEN (,^d) HEED THIS ADVICEII If you're cross, restless, nervous —suffer hot flashes, dizziness- caused by this period in a woman's life —try Lydia Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. 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Although the stnrs hnve been scientifically studied for hundreds of yours, not one was ever meas ured until December 18, 1020, when the diameter of Betelgeuss was determined with the aid of a special type of interferometer at the Mount Wilson observatory in California. 10. The lifeboat wus a British in troduction The first was launched at : ith Shields in 1718. Them were many wrecks and great loss of life in the stormy waters at the entrance to the Tyne, and South Shields residents offered a prize for the design of a boat capa ble of riding the rough seas. The best points in the various designs submitted were combined in ths first boat. Nothing cun ruin our country if the people themselves will under take its safety—and nothing cun save it if they leave that safety Hans Thomcrn. charge d'affaires in any hands other than their own. I —Daniel Webster. Post Office Auctions Gifts ‘Lost’ in Mails Checking Damage to Jap Cherry Trees 1. 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